** Heads Up & Grab Your Popcorn! BP's Tony Hayward Testifies Before Congress, 10am EDT **

[Clio the Leo]

:popcorn:

http://cspan.org/Watch/C-SPAN3.aspx

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream1

[Catshrink]

1. Thanks!

[Clio the Leo]

2. Bart Stupak is going to try and redeem himself a bit here...

.... end his career in Congress on a high note, is poised to rip Hayward a new one .... he's been telling the press.

[jefferson_dem]

3. Thanks.

:hi:

[Catshrink]

4. Link to Hayward's prepared testimony

http://www.c-span.org/pdf/061610_Hayward_Prepared_Testimony.pdf

[jefferson_dem]

5. Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) apologized to BP CEO Tony Hayward for the "political shakedown" of BP...

...is "ashamed" at the White House. :crazy:

[Clio the Leo]

7. I dont see HOW they can think defending BP plays well politically...

... I just cant wrap my brain around that one. Homeboy must receive MAJOR cash from the oil industry to be their b*tch like that on national TV

[Clio the Leo]

6. GOP apologizes to BP for Obama's "shakedown" yesterday...

"Cong. Joe Barton, R-TX., ranking mbr on House Energy, apologized to BP's Hayward for the "political pressure" heaped on BP. .... Barton said BP did not get the protections of due process and was pressured by the govt. "Amounts to a shakedown," said Barton."

(via Mark Knoller)

[Clio the Leo]

8. Get 'em John! (Dingle) nt

[Clio the Leo]

9. Oh, here comes Marsha Blackburn....

.... she's always down for some crazy BS.

[Clio the Leo]

10. ... and she's still rocking her bumpits today....

... go on with your bad self Marsha.

[Clio the Leo]

11. She's actually being pretty harsh on them....

.... talking about "what cost cutting measures" BP may have taken to have caused this ... talking about how this spill is affecting those who live/work in the Gulf.

..... and typed too soon ... says WH also share the blame for the lax oversight of the MMS.

[otohara]

12. Keep Defending BP Repubican's

these soundbites will make for excellent TV ads..

[Clio the Leo]

13. Code Pink is there with "oily" black hands...

.... should be fun!

[Jennicut]

14. Can they rub it all over Tony Hayward? Pretty please?

[Clio the Leo]

16. no .... because that sounds freaky. nt

[Jennicut]

21. LOL! I didn't think about it THAT way Clio!

:rofl:

[Clio the Leo]

17. and here we go....

..... except I dont think that first lady was from Code Pink as she was wearing brown. :)

.... had a pink t-shirted lady next to her though.

[Clio the Leo]

18. she had THE Code Pink lady next to her....

.... the one with the red hair you see a lot.






... she actually seemed a bit upset with the protestor but surely they're together.

[Clio the Leo]

15. Hayward up now!

[Clio the Leo]

19. lol Tony Hayward sounds JUST like he does in the commerical...

... it's surreal. Same sad tone and all.

[Catshrink]

23. That's exactly what I was about to post.

At times, I thought it was the commercial. I was just listening, not watching.

[Clio the Leo]

20. Says they plan to have 60-80 thousand barrels contained by mid-July nt

[Clio the Leo]

22. Committee in recess until noonish nt

[LiberalFighter]

24. Do those twits on MSNBC really need to recapusulize on Hayward's intro?

They should wait until or during the questioning when it starts up a noon.

[Phx_Dem]

25. Forget Hayward. The Republicans are making it popcorn worthy!

We heard from Barton. Who's next?

:popcorn:

[Clio the Leo]

26. starting again....

... and sorry this thing is SOOO long that I can only post the highlights.

[Clio the Leo]

27. And if Hayward is smart....

..... he'll speak out against what Barton said .... saying something like BP doesn't need an apology and they're glad to pay the $$.

[senseandsensibility]

31. Guess what? He's not smart.

But we knew that.:)

[Clio the Leo]

28. Waxman, Stupak, others very upset with Hayward's seeming unwillingness...

.... to answer their questions. He's giving answers like "I was not privy to the decision making process on that...."

[Spazito]

29. Geez, he is a clone of Gonzales....

He knows nothing, nothing about costs, short-cuts, you name it, he knows nothing about it. He's a lying POS who's lies are so blatant my 7 year old grandson would see it.

Despicable but not surprising.

[senseandsensibility]

30. Who was the guy at the end calling for MMS?

I just joined the broadcast a couple of minutes ago, sorry.

[Clio the Leo]

32. one of the Republicans....

... he's been harping on that all morning, "sure, BP is to blame! but so is the Obama administration!"

(it's all they've got)

[Clio the Leo]

33. and when it comes his time to ask a question, Barton is decidedly less brazen....

.... questioning the procedures BP has done to stop the flow.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Clio the Leo]

34. I would imagine that the GOP powers that be gave him a talking do during lunch nt

[Clio the Leo]

35. ha! Says his comments may have been "misconstrued".....

.... and that he wants to make it clear that he DOES hold BP accountable for this.

Yep! Homeboy got a phone call from Boehner! lol

[Clio the Leo]

36. This is what *I* would ask Tony Hayward....

.... if I were on that committee:

(of course, replacing "Marcellus Wallce" with "Barack Obama")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcyG3Kdsj4A

.... yep, that's what I'd say. And since Samuel L Jackson and I are from the same hometown, I'd sound JUST like that ... only, ya know, higher pitched.

[Clio the Leo]

37. Kevin Costner is in the room....

.... according to Luke Russert. nt